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The Inside Story of a Small Startup Acquisition (Part 1)

Software By Rob

That I’ve had a few “exits” and instead of hunkering down and writing code for 6 months I opted to talk to a few of my buddies at the yacht club and purchase a primed and growing social network for somewhere in the mid-seven figures. All the while continuing to handle 10-30 DB inserts per second. So I scrambled.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: 1M/1M Partners With Indian Angel Network

ReadWriteStart

We also had Pritam Roy present Gomolo.in , a social network and online hangout for movie lovers. Gomolo also has a good database of movies and related information that Pritam is trying to figure out how to create more traction for. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. Fragrochem.

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ProfessorVC: Brickbreaker - Mindless Amusement or Viscious.

Professor VC

Tuesday, September 16, 2008. December 17, 2008 11:35 PM. December 18, 2008 9:07 AM. December 27, 2008 11:28 AM. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? ▼ 2008. (14). ProfessorVC. The last blogger in Silicon Valley. Steve Bennet. Good to hear from you.

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This Week in VC Episode 6 with @Jason Calacanis: Best One Yet

Both Sides of the Table

Swipely is a social network orientated around users credit card transaction data. 7mm in Series C; last round was in 2008; total $24mm raised – Investor: Bessemer (Byron Deeter)(lead); previous investor included Index Ventures, did not participate – Read more: TechCrunch , peHUB.

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How I Blog

Duct Tape Marketing

I have a pretty rough idea of what an upcoming week is going to entail, but I leave room to stumble on an emerging idea, change in some social network or the occasional rant as I consume content. I don’t plan what I am going to write too far in advance. Amplification.

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Lessons Learned: The hacker's lament

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, December 7, 2008 The hackers lament One of the thrilling parts of working and writing in Silicon Valley is the incredible variety of people Ive had the chance to meet. December 8, 2008 7:40 PM Allen Rohner said. Ill be mindful of your advice. :-) Allen December 8, 2008 9:30 PM Amy said.

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ProfessorVC: A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal

Professor VC

They have a cute little app that takes a picture of a business card, populates your contact database and data is confirmed through crowd sourced labor. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? ► 2008. (14). A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. ► January. (1).